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Proper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah

TitleProper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsRicks, Stephen D.
JournalInterpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Volume41
Pagination233-240
KeywordsJarom (Son of Enos); King Mosiah; Mosiah the Elder; Omni (Son of Jarom); Onomastics; Zoram (Servant of Laban)
Abstract

With a selection of a few notable examples (Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah) that have been analyzed by the ongoing Book of Mormon names project, Stephen Ricks argues that “proper names in the Book of Mormon are demonstrably ancient.”

URLhttps://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/proper-names-from-the-small-plates-some-notes-on-the-personal-names-zoram-jarom-omni-and-mosiah/